Roman Catholic Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo (Latin: Dioecesis Soranus-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. Erected in the 3rd century as the Diocese of Nyundo, it was renamed as the Diocese of Aquino, Sora e Pontecorvo on June 27, 1818, and later as the Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo on September 30, 1986. It is a suffragan of the Diocese of Rome.

The motherchurch of the diocese and thus seat of its bishop is S. Maria Assunta Cathedral; it also houses the minor basilicas of S. Bartolomeo Apostolo and Ss. Costanzo e Tommaso d’Aquino. The current Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo is His Excellency Luca Brandolini, CM, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on September 2, 1993.

List of bishops of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

• Paolo di Niquesa (1871 - 1879)
• Ignatius Persico, OFM Cap (1879 - 1887)
• Raffaele Sirolli (1887 - 1899)
• Luciano Bucci (1899 - 1900)
• Antonio Jannotta (1900 - 1933)
• Agostino Mancinelli (1933 - 1936)
• Michele Fontevecchia (1936 - 1952)
• Biagio Musto (1952 - 1971)
• Carlo Minchiatti (1971 - 1982)
• Lorenzo Chiarinelli (1983 - 1993)
• Luca Brandolini, CM (1993 - present)

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Giga-Catholic Information

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